Ashburnham Triangle Association

According to the 853 local news website: Greenwich Council is to scrap its low-traffic neighbourhood in streets west of Greenwich Park – only a year after a senior councillor promised that the scheme would “just be the start” of measures to cut traffic in the borough’s back streets. The decision, due to be signed off by Labour transport cabinet member Sarah Merrill this week, ends an 18-month scheme where through traffic was stopped from passing down Crooms Hill, Royal Hill, Point Hill and Maidenstone Hill following complaints from residents about rat-running and antisocial behaviour from drivers trying to avoid queues on the A2.  More details on the 853 website, here.

An update on the takings from the Christmas Carol collection organised by Robin and Janet Stott last December. An additional £105 was collected by Pepina at the Ashburnham Arms, making a generous total of £335 donated to Shelter, the charity for the homeless. Well done, everyone.

Residents in the Triangle wondering why they have new, brighter streetlights may find this information from the Council interesting:  The Council has secured a £11.5 million loan from The Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund (MEEF) to replace all its 20,000 traditional street lights with modern LED equivalents – saving £1million a year in energy and maintenance costs. The new light-emitting diode lanterns, known as LEDs, will ensure that the borough’s streets are lit to the current modern standards, but they are also highly efficient and environmentally friendly as they concentrate light on where it is needed with less light pollution. Light will be more evenly distributed down the road - making streets feel safer. More details on the Council's website .  Lights have already been replaced on Egerton Drive and Langdale Road this week

Please join us at Cutty Sark Gardens this Sunday 6th February from 10am-3pm for free bike marking. Registering your bike helps police and retailers identify and verify the legitimate owner of bikes that have been stolen or are being resold. It is an effective, visible deterrent for bike thieves. Claire, ATA Security 

Many of you will have enjoyed Mick Delap’s excellent talks on the history of Deptford Creek. We are now very pleased to have a Feasibility Study for a proposed Creek heritage trail (CreekLink). This has been produced with the help of landscape designer and architect Madeleine Adams (Studioma). Funding for the Feasibility Study came from The Ashburnham Triangle Association, The Greenwich Society and the Greenwich Industrial History Society.   Here’s a link to the proposal. Please take a look. We welcome your feedback. Comments to mick@delap.plus.com or barbara.jreid@icloud.com  

A new funding opportunity is available for Community-led projects in Royal Greenwich to improve mental wellbeing and address unfair differences in health.  Individuals, groups or organisations can apply for between £1000 and £5000.  Partnership applications can be for up to £15,000.  Applications are now open via this online form . The closing date will be Monday 21st February (midnight).   To find out more and get support with your application please come along to our information session on Thursday 3rd February, from 6-7pm, via zoom . For more information, please visit Royal Greenwich Community Innovation Grants .

Please take time to complete this survey about women’s safety in the borough . Although aimed specifically at women and girls in the borough, they welcome and encourage feedback from anyone who has experienced gender-based violence, abuse or harassment in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, including men and non-binary people. 

There has been a marked increase in car crime over the past few weeks. There was a uniformed patrol today of the triangle and the police commented on the visibility of belongings including handbags in cars.  Please remember to remove everything from cars. Even a suction mark on a windscreen where a satnav has been is enough for somebody to smash a window.  Do not leave anything, e.g. wires, glasses cases etc visible at all and take all belongings inside. Please warn all visitors. We are trying to get signs put on the metered areas. Please also warn builders as there has been tools taken from a van in Egerton on Tuesday 11 whilst they were working in the house. If you or a visitor does suffer a smashed window, please do report this online or on 101 as soon as possible. Please also report any suspicious individuals you see.  If you have any footage from ring doorbells that you think is relevant please send through to the Safer Neighbourhood Team .

The Greenwich West Safer Neighbourhoods Panel met in virtually on Thursday 6th January. Below is a summary of that meeting:  Burglaries of bikes We hope to have a bike marking session available to residents soon.  Town centre  Aggressive violent beggars have left town centre. Distraction thefts - beware of withdrawing cash outside in town centre. Devices have also been found in exterior ATMs. Lloyds TSB to close in March. Graffiti in town centre- acid material used which has damaged bus stops. Police have an idea of who is behind it. Within triangle Cowan house parcel theft continued over Christmas. Parcels contributed to be left in communal hallway. Car crime- statistics have gone down but local residents have reported a spate of smashed windows which may not have been reported. Please ensure you report any damage to vehicles to police, and remind visitors to remove valuables from car and belongings out of sight. We are going to try to get signage for the metered areas t...

Robin and Janet’s annual Christmas Carol celebration raised an impressive £220 for the homeless charity Shelter this year. Many thanks to all involved.